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ORCHIDS 



Calanthe. 

 London, the flowers of this and other alHecl Calanthes are 

 much damaged b)' foggy weather. 



C. bicolor {Lindl.). — A synonym of C. striata. 



C. Masuca {Liiidl.). A bold-growing, evergreen plant, with 

 large, many-ribbed, dark green lea\'es, and stout, erect flower- 

 spikes, 2ft. or more higli. The flowers are spreading, lin. 



Fig. 23. C\L^\rHii MR^iRiniLrv, showixg Habit 



(nuich reduced). 



across, the sei^ments overlapping; they are very numerous, 

 with deep violet sepals and petals, which change into lilac with 

 age, whilst the lip is of an intense violet-purple. This species 

 commences to bloom during early summer, and continues until 

 autumn ; it is almost always to be found with a few spikes of 

 flowers upon it. Native of Northern India, whence it was 

 introduced about 1842. (B. J\I., t. 4541.) 



